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Pacific Rural Press and California Fruit Bulletin. Vol. XLIX. No. 5. February 2, 1895

The Dewey Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1895

Original publisher's black and white wrapper with two reprinted black and white photographs showing a bouquet of "the new violet--'the California'" and people working in a "field of 'California' violet near San Francisco." 11 1/4" x 15 1/2." Pages 65-80, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Pages are very clean and intact but loose. Some chipping at the spine. Some of the pages are browned. The Pacific Rural Press was a major agricultural journal that was published between the mid-nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Many of the articles give information and advice on the different parts of the agricultural industry. The following are some of the articles and features in this issue: "The California Violet," "Flowers Fashionable," "From an Independent Standpoint" [mention of President Grover Cleveland], "Future of the Horse Industry," "Horticulture: State Horticultural Society; The St. Ambroise Apricot," "The Garden: Culture and Fertilization of the Onion Crop," "The Poultry Yard: A Large Poultry Enterprise," "Track and Farm: Better Tone in the Horse Market," "The Home Circle: Dyspepsia and Baldness," "Domestic Economy: Hints to Housekeepers; For the Kitchen [recipes]," "Patrons of Husbandry: San Joaquin Pomona Grange; From Grass Valley," "Northern California in Midwinter," and "To Build a Tunnel for Moving a Library.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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